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, Nrrnn JOHN o.. FISHER, or HANOVER, MASSACHUSETTS'.

TAG.

srnclricnrronfornnng 'part of Letters raient No. 592,136, dated october 19, 1897.

iApplicatitnnedMarh'1o,1897.serinraezam. (Nd model.)

To a/ZZ whom it mag/concern of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in [agsv and Labels, of which the following'is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a` tag or a label especially adapted for attachment to the inside of overcoats, hats, capes, and other garments, so as to identify the same at any time, and which may also be used with equally good results in connection with bundles or packages of any description.

A further object ofxthe'invention is to construct the improved tag orrlabel in a simple, durable, and economicmanner, and to provide a means whereby the fastening-pin, while very simply constructed, will remain in locked position when so placed, and whereby'also the surface of the tag or label on which the name or other matter is produced may be readily replaced, and whereby the said surface will be so formed as not to be liable to become broken, cracked, or readily disconnected from its su pport. i

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination vof' theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure'l is a perspective view of the improved tag attached to an article. Fig. 24is a rear elevation of the tag. Fig. Sis a longitudinal section taken practically on the line.

3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the tag is preferably made of metal, or other stiff material, and is in the nature of astrip, ordinarily of greater length than width, the body A illustrated being substantially rectangular in cross-section. At one end ofthe body near its lower edge a leaf or lug 10 is formed, while a corresponding leaf or lug 11'is formed at the opposite end of the body. Each leaf or lug 10 and 11 is bent upon itself over the back port-ion of the body. A space, however, is made to intervene the re- Y Y i turned portions the leaves or lugs and the Be it known that I, JOHN Gr. FIsHER,-of l Hanover, in the county of Plymouth and State back `of the body. The leaf or lug 11, has a vertical eye 12 formed at'its inner end, while the opposite leaf or lug 10 is provided with an open loop 13 at its top,'being horizontally located, constituting a keeper. The pin 14, by means of which the tag is to be fastened to an object, is adapted to have its free end enter the keeper 13. The opposite end of the pin is bent upon itself to form an axial member 15, which is passed downward through the eye 12, the material of the pin being then re-turned upward upon itself, forming an upwardly-extending vertical member 16, which at its extremities is bent upon itself to form an angular head 17, which head, .when the point of the pin is in the keeper, will have bearing against the back of the body A, or thematerial covering the body, and willeX'ert such tension on the fastening or body member of the pin as to effectually hold the latter in its keeper.

The body is provided with a covering 18, which may be thin cardboard, paper of any description, or other material, the said covering having a single surface or layer at the `front of the body, overlapping at the back, and the rear portion of the covering at its ends is held firmly on the body by a clamping engagement of the leaves or lugs 10 and 11, as is fully illustrated.

The name and address of a person may be lproduced in any manner upon the front of the covering, or any other matter may be written, printed, or otherwise made to appear on the said surface.

The body of the tag or labelbeing of a stout material, and the cover beingl smoothly wrapped or held thereon, the body will not bend under ordinary usage, nor will the cover crack or become damaged even should the 'body bend.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent'- A 1. Atag or label comprising a body adapted to receive a wrapper, the said body being provided with ends re-turned at the back, one of the re-turned ends being formed with a socket and the other with a keeper, and a pin journaled in the said socket and arranged to enter the said keeper, the pin at its pivoted end IOO having` a re-turn member terminating in a head which engages with the back of the body when the pin is in position to enter its keeper, thereby exerting a tension on the pin, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A tag oriabei consisting of a body-plate having end portions rc-turned over its back, one re-turn ed end portion being provided with a socket and the other with a keeper,a wrapper inciosing the body, being carried between the re-turn end portions thereof and opposing surfaces of the body, and a pin journaied in the said socket, being arranged for engagement With the said keeper, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A tag or label, comprising a body-plate havingr the ends re-turned over one of its faces, a Wrapper placed around the plate, being passed between its re-turned end surfaces and opposing face of the body proper, and a fasiening device and keeper located at the return portions of the body, as and for the purpose speoiied.

4. The combination, 'with a body-plate having its ends re-turned over the back, one return end terminating in a socketand the other in a keeper, and a covering for the body, beinsa7` carried around the saine and between the body and its re-tnrn end portions, of a pin journaied in the socket, the free end whereof is adapted to enter said keeper, the pin atits pivoted end being,r Carried outside of the socket across the body of the pin and terminating in a head having bearing against the covering, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN G. FISHER.

Witnesses:

JosErH R. HATCH, JOSEPH F. STETsoN. 

